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	Border Ruffians - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
		Border Ruffians.—The term "Border Ruffian" in early days was applied to those individuals on the western border of Missouri, who sought by illegal and violent means to determine the domestic institutions of Kansas Territory.
		Some of these were men of ability who had occupied high positions of public trust and profit, but who during the border wars, agitated by the slavery question, unmindful of their dignity or honor, would throw off restraint and play the coarse part of the real ruffian.
		While the main objects of the Border Ruffian chiefs were the overthrow and destruction of free-state men and the establishment of slavery in Kansas, the ruffian border bands delighted in raiding towns, ransacking houses, stealing horses, and doing whatever they could that was annoying, exciting and rough.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/b/border_ruffians.html (519 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Border Ruffian"
		Border Ruffians crossed into Kansas and affected the outcomes of several of these key elections by claiming to be settlers and intimidating valid voters.
		Border Ruffians also voted in favor of the Lecompton Constitution (a proposed state constitution, drafted by a constitutional convention of somewhat dubious validity, that allowed slavery).
		On December 1, 1855, a small army, composed mainly of Border Ruffians, laid siege to Lawrence, Kansas, in the nearly bloodless climax to the "Wakarusa War." On May 21, 1856, Border Ruffians in conjunction with pro-slavery Kansans and officers of the territorial legislature, again attacked Lawrence.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=border_%52uffian (383 words)

	Edward P. Harris - Kansas State Historical Society
		Harris said that you never knew what tree, bush or clump of grass might hide a border ruffian.
		It is hard to realize that there is yet living, in active service, a man who staked out a claim two and a half miles east of Topeka, but such is the case.
		He is still in good health, and has seen the state grow from the small fringe of settlements along the eastern border to one of the great states of the Union.
	www.kshs.org /research/topics/kansasnewspapers/HarrisEPbio.htm (368 words)

	Hispanic Business Forums
		As a consequence of the occupation, the colonizers racialized labor, and the border became a point of conflict, with Euroamericans attempting to extend its border south to include the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora.
		The Border Patrol was founded in 1924; its purpose was to prevent the entry of unauthorized persons and materials into U.S. territory.
		The head of the Border Patrol is a Tejano and the U.S. Attorney, who claimed that he brought the Hanigans to justice, is a Chicano.
	www.hispanicbusiness.com /forum/post.asp?method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=6709&FORUM_ID=10 (6907 words)

	Bloody Bill Anderson
		Anderson was born in Missouri but lived his teen years in Kansas during the border war that exploded in Missouri and Kansas with the Kansas and Nebraska act of 1854.
		Much has been made of the cross-border voting but the fact is that it was not an unusual practice and the results of such votes had been accepted in the past such as when Iowa voters crossed to vote in Nebraska elections.
		People from border counties of one state felt they had a vested interest in the affairs of the bordering state and so the practice was not rare.
	www.geocities.com /mosouthron/partisans/Anderson.html (1866 words)

	Notes on Bleeding Kansas
		The "ruffians," most of whom were from Missouri themselves, believed that it was their duty to stop this from happening and allow Southerners to settle Kansas with their slaves.
		The plan of the "ruffians" was to cross the border of Missouri and Kansas and vote on legislation and representatives as well as for admitting Kansas as a slave state.
		The "ruffians" also used their control of the Missouri River to their advantage by blockading all free soiler movement into Kansas from the water.
	www.assumption.edu /users/McClymer/his260/March21Notes.html (3903 words)

	Scottish Borders Heritage: Publications - Warfare and Fortifications in the Borders
		At times this border, and Scottish independence, have been imperilled by the ambition of EnglandÌs rulers - particularly Edward I and Henry VIII - who vented their anger on the lives and property of the Scottish Borderers.
		From continual warfare grew a level of lawlessness unique in these islands, when nothing and no one was safe from the activities of a special class of ruffian: the border reiver.
		This book looks at the turbulent history of the Scottish Borders and the towers, ruined abbeys and other sites which owe their existence to war.
	www.scottishbordersheritage.co.uk /publications/warfare.html (218 words)

	Digital History
		Although only 1500 men were registered to vote, 6000 ballots were cast, many by proslavery "border ruffians" from Missouri.
		The border ruffians now insisted, that the people of Kansas should obey these statutes, and be loyally subject to the government, which had been forced upon them.
		And now when the terror-stricken border ruffians had fallen back, the Administration came forward with its messages, and proclamations, and threats.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=130 (895 words)

	Kansas and Kansans Ch. 27
		We (the "border ruffians") have the whole power of the Northern States to contend with, single-handed and alone, without assistance and almost without sympathy from any quarter; yet we are undismayed.
		Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind expression in the concluding paragraph of your letter - "three cheers for Atchison and Kansas!" I have read this paragraph to sundry of the "border ruffians," and their eyes sparkle; their arms are nerved.
		Atchison, Stringfellow, and the "border ruffians" of Missouri fill a column of each Abolition paper published in the North; abuse most foul and falsehood unblushing is poured out upon us; and yet we have no advocate in the Southern press - and yet we receive no assistance from the Southern States.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/v1/ch27p1.html (3307 words)

	Southeast KS Civil War battle /skirmish sites
		On May 19, 1858 a band of Border Ruffians, led by Charles Hamilton, traveled to the area surrounding Trading Post, KS--on the North-South military trail just on the west side of the Kansas-Missouri border.
		The band of proslavers rode on horseback, marching their hostages to a ravine one mile from the Missouri line, along the Marais des Cynes River.
		Only one Border Ruffian, William Griffith, was ever held accoutable for his actions.
	www.washburn.edu /cas/art/cyoho/archive/KStravel/SEks (695 words)

	Missouri Jayhawking Raids 1861 by Albert Castel
		They retained bitter memories of the "Border Ruffian" raids of the '50's and feared that if Missouri joined the Confederacy these would be repeated on a greater and more devastating scale.
		Their activities had gained them notoriety as "the scourges of the border," and they had the support of influential Kansas and New England abolitionists.
		But although they claimed to be inspired by only the highest motives, it was often difficult to determine whether their hatred of slavery equaled their love of plunder.
	www.civilwarstlouis.com /History2/casteljayhawking.htm (4267 words)

	Historic Lecompton - birthplace of the civil war
		This incident was known as the Battle of Ft. Titus.
		When the polls were finally closed at 3 PM on Sunday, over 800 passersby, were sweet-talked, cajoled, and harangued into casting votes in our mock election.
		In spite of a Saturday morning armed border ruffian invasion of our polling station and numerous and repeated attempts by both sides to stuff the ballot box, the.official.
	www.lecomptonkansas.com /index.php?doc=lr-pics-mahaffie-2004.php (649 words)

	Bleeding Kansas and the Missouri Border War
		Upon visiting the site of the Mine Creek Civil War Battle, we were told that the hostilities between Missouri and Kansas still exist to this day, albeit to a much lesser degree.
		Though Legends of America is based in Kansas, we are not native to the the Missouri/Kansas border and were surprised to hear this.
		However, when we began to do our research on this fascinating story, we found evident disparities, where the sentiments of the Civil War generation have been passed down for well over a century.
	legendsofamerica.com /OZ-BleedingKansas.html (587 words)

	Bypaths of Kansas History, Kansas Historical Quarterly, May, 1947
		Upon our arrival at Alton we proceeded to the steamer `Star of the West,' which had been engaged for the conveyance of our company up the river, and which we supposed had been chartered exclusively for us and other companies that were to join us there.
		By some misunderstanding that arrangement had failed to be effected, and we found ourselves on board of a Border Ruffian steamer, manned by a Border Ruffian crew from captain to deck-hands, and in company with a large number of Border Ruffian passengers.
		Arrangements were made for us to remain on board the boat and return on the same, and after searching all of our baggage, stripping us of our remaining arms, tents, camp-equippage and agricultural implements, a guard of thirty-five picked men, under command of Capt. Clarkson, was stationed over us to prevent our escaping.
	www.kancoll.org /khq/1947/47_2_bypaths.htm (1384 words)

	Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by T.J. Stiles - The Economist, 10/5/02
		The border ruffians established camps in Clay County, and they seized the small federal arsenal in Liberty.
		In early 1855, border ruffians ran a Christian minister out of the town of Weston, under suspicion of insufficient enthusiasm for slavery.
		As a statewide leader declared, they were “ready to resist illegal Northern aggression and abolitionism on the one hand, and to suppress the Southern fanaticism and nullification on the other.” That wasn’t hardline enough for the border ruffian movement.
	www.tjstiles.net /work6.htm (7076 words)

	August Bondi
		The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 decreed that in 1855 the settlers in the Kansas Territory would decide by vote whether Kansas would be a slave or free state.
		Pro-slavery "Border Ruffians" and anti-slavery Free Staters poured into Kansas Territory, hoping to capture the election.
		In May 1856, Brown led a raid on a company of Border Ruffians at Pottawatomie Creek and massacred more than a dozen of its leaders.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/bondi.html (755 words)

	Buffalo Bill as Western Hero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		William Cody was fairly well known in the West as a buffalo hunter and scout when Edward Zane Carroll Judson (much better known as the "dime novelist" Ned Buntline) went west seeking new inspiration for his prolific imagination and was introduced to him at Fort McPherson, Nebraska.
		This, as might be expected, was warmly applauded by the "gods," but the highest pitch of excitement was reached in the third act when Jack McKandkess, a noted border ruffian, meets Buffalo Bill and a terrific hand-to-hand combat with Bowie knives three feet long ensues.
		The audience were spellbound, breathless, during this fierce encounter; but when it was brought to a conclusion by the death of the villain and the victory of Buffalo Bill, the burst of enthusiasm that followed would have rivaled the roar of Niagara.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /railton/roughingit/map/herbuffb.html (556 words)

	warren
		T is the founder of the Border Ruffian Band, which performs a mix of music from 1860s period songs, to Southern activism tunes.
		Border Ruffians currently have a CD released, and are working on their second endeavor at this time.
		In addition to activism, T spent 25 years racing professional flattrack motorcycles, he has been trained in cullinary skills at a school in Canada, and he has owned and operated his own restaurant and a video store.
	www.thesouthernamerican.org /warren.html (539 words)

	President for a day (maybe) getting own library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Atchison was also a major player behind the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed voters to bring Kansas into the union as a free state.
		He often is portrayed as a Border Ruffian during the violent Bleeding Kansas period leading up to the Civil War.
		Atchison became a senator in 1843 at age 36 and served until 1855.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05249/566126.stm (713 words)

	CD Review
		The Border Ruffian Band was just that a band made up of totally different musicians and singers.
		“Band of Ruffians”, the CD’s third track is a testament to The Copperheads unapologetic Southern –Rock genre that they spread throughout the bars, honky-tonks and lodges in Southern Illinois and Indiana.
		No it’s not the “Border Ruffians” but there’s no doubt about it, the Copperheads’ debut CD will definitely leave you “Reb’d UP”.
	www.geocities.com /clintlacy1/warrenreview (526 words)

	Thomas Cresap
		Thomas Cresap was known in Western Maryland as a "border ruffian"
		He connived in the 1730's to expand the borders of Maryland at the expense of Pennsylvania and Virginia by settling German immigrants into disputed areas and surveying the source of the Potomac River as far south as possible.
		Only in 1746, with the arrival of Mason and Dixon from England, was this dispute finally resolved.
	www.nps.gov /choh/History/People/Cresap.html (119 words)

	Bleeding Kansas and the Missouri Border War - Page 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1862, Quantrill began his infamous raiding career in western Missouri and then across the border into Kansas by plundering the towns of Olathe, Spring Hill and Shawnee.
		In an effort to destroy the guerrillas' base of support, Union troops began to arrest Kansas City area women in July, 1863, who were were providing support for the bushwhackers or suspected of gathering information on the partisans' behalf.
		Of particular interest to the Federal Troops were the known relatives of the Border Ruffians, including family members of “Bloody Bill” Anderson and the Younger Brothers.
	www.bonus.com /contour/legends_america/http@@/www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-BleedingKansas6.html (1099 words)

	Adams County, Colorado \| Services \| By Service \| About Adams County
		Henderson was a prominent figure in the Kansas border wars during the middle 1850s between Pro-slavery Missouri "Red-Necks" and Kansas "Free-Soilers."
		He was joined by Oliver Loving who had trailed a herd of cattle to Denver in 1859.
		To avoid crossing Comanche country that lay across the northern Texas border, Goodnight proposed to start for Colorado by going west to the Pecos River and then striking northward through New Mexico, following the old Trappers Trail to Colorado.
	webapps.co.adams.co.us /services/service/county/about_adams/history_08.html (1120 words)

	Gun and the Gospel, chapter 22
		Quantrell was the chief of border murderers and leader of the most desperate band of highwaymen ever organized for pillage and death in all this country.
		Their spies were everywhere at work, and they kept themselves well posted on all weak and defenceless points in the enemies' ranks.
		His judicial utterances were always on the side of the right, and thus he became an object of hatred to the ruffian element.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/CONTEXTS/Kansas/fisher3.html (2876 words)

	Dixie Internet.Com - Your Southern Source For Southern News!
		Before going into detail about the new "Border Ruffians" CD I want to pen a few words about the couple who brought this project to completion and why this is not just another CD.
		Other tracks on the Border Ruffians CD are: "I Cried", "Rebel Partisan", "Reconstruction", "Dirt Soldier", "Quiet at Corinth", "Border Ruffians", "States Rights", "God and Freedom" and of course a rendition of "Dixie".
		Samples and purchasing information may be found at the Border Ruffians website.
	www.dixieinternet.com /page68.shtml (884 words)

	The Missouri Partisan Ranger - Partisans, Guerillas, Irregulars and Bushwhackers - Definitions
		Many, many times this was done to villify the Missouri Partisan Ranger and attribute attrocity, murder and violence to them by the newsparers and journalists of the time.
		It is a sometimes confusing term to those that have not studied the Border War in depth, and was oft used erringly as a generic term for Missouri Guerrillas.
		The so called "Border Ruffian" is a generic term that is actually used for both Kansans and Missourians during the bloody Border War.
	www.rulen.com /partisan/partisan.htm (1530 words)

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